Course detail

Seminar of Applied Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines

FSI-0MT Acad. year: 2021/2022 Winter semester

Subject presents all research areas covered by department of fluids engineering, current research projects and topics of master thesis. Students are acquainted wih all subjects at specialization Fluid Engineering.

Department

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Overview of the fluid engineering and currect research at our department.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of fluid mechanics on the level of courses Hydromechanics and Thermomechanics.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Zápočet.

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Goal of the subject is to get acquainted the students with state-of-the-art in the our research field, current research projects and enable easier selection of master thesis topic.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Absence tolerated after agreement with teacher.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
branch ENI: Power Engineering, 1 credits, elective

Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
branch FLI: Fluid Engineering, 1 credits, elective

Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
branch TEP: Environmental Engineering, 1 credits, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Presentation of specialization Fluid engineering and V. Kaplan Department of Fluid Engineering.
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) – flow simulations in "virtual" laboratory.
3. Design of fluid machines – pumps and hydraulic turbines.
4. Application of CFD for fluid machine design.
5. Biofluid mechanics – blood flow, artificial heart and valves, pump for extracorporal circuit.
6. Experimental fluid mechanics – measurement of hydraulic and mechanical quantities on model and prototype.
7. Dynamics of power machines – vibrations, pulsations within fluid machines and induced by fluid machines.
8. Fluid power mechanisms – high-pressure hydraulics and pneumatics
9. Pipeline technology – transport of liquids and gases, water hammer.
10. Waste water treatment, drinking water treatment.
11. Hydroelasticity – vibrations of elastic bodies submerged in liquid.
12. Cavitation and multiphase flows.
13. Presentation of master thesis topics.